A to Z Analogy: Astronaut
Greetings and A wonderful New Year to You!
About a week ago, I left a comment on one of Frank's (FTurner8032) posts; I find him to be quite masterful in the art of looking at everyday items, and finding how they can relate to our training at Wealthy Affiliate. As I wrote my comment, I had an "Aha" moment and thought to come up with an Analogy Series, from A to Z. So...let us commence with our first:
Astronaut
By definition, an astronaut is one who is trained to travel in a spacecraft. Unless I missed something in the Premium Membership package, I don't foresee us having to put on any bulking spacesuits any time soon...
But, what would be another way to describe what astronauts do? Here's one: explore. Merriam's Webster Dictionary defines explore as: to look into or travel over thoroughly; to examine carefully.
Hmm...sounds a lot like what we do on this platform!
Many of us "traveled" the Internet, searching for the right vehicle that would allow us to learn and develop a legitimate online business. As we navigated our way around this "new frontier, we discovered unfamiliar and exciting things, and found ourselves incorporating words into our regular vocabulary like keywords, Search Engine Optimization, writing quality content, and keyword quality indicator, just to name a few.
What was once alien-like, has become something we would embrace and call familiar. How appropriate that on New Year's Day, the word "astronaut" would be the first word in this series. For many of us, we are venturing into the unknown, but very much like astronauts, we have been give the tools needed to have a successful journey. All we need do is pay attention to our "instruct's manual", follow the course of action (Certification, Bootcamp, webinars, etc.) and seek the guidance, instructions and encouragement of our fellow companions.
Hope you enjoyed this. Feel free to leave your comments below and I look forward to connecting with you again tomorrow when we look at the letter "B". Embrace the journey...stay connected to the community...and always...
Strive to Thrive,
Veronica
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Spot on Veronica!
We really do need weights on our feet so we are not floating
A great 2018 to you!
Waiting for B.
Thank you for this Veronica, very insightful and interesting to read but true at the same time. xxxx
Happy new year Veronica, best wishes for 2018.
We are definitely exploring, the online world has come a long way but is still in its infancy. Thinking of astronauts those opening lines of star trek spring to mind.
To boldly Go where no man/woman has gone before.......
Or something like that.
On an abstract tack gee whiz there is a lot of space junk spinning around the earth, how on earth don't they crash. I guess like us here at WA they have some kind of knowledge and resources to navigate their way.
That's a perfect quote, Alex!
May your New Year be filled with peace and success in abundance!
I did some coding back in the day when the internet was barely tamed Veronica we've come a long way out in space since then!
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Veronica I love your Astronaut-Analogy!!
That´s exactly what I felt as I joined WA for almost a year ago and still do. It was a launch into unknown space. An exploration of the internet cosmos began. My journey goes on and I´m eager to expand my knowledge and travel deeper into the digitized world.
A million Thank´s for fuelling me with motivation!!!
:-)